Please keep things positive. Best advise I believe is to try out different sites. Find what works well for you. If you don't like it, don't go back and try another site. Nothing says you only have to play on 1 site. At one time, I played on about 6 different turn-based game sites.
Although not really a game site facebook.com is a really cool site. There are many small game applications you can add to your profile. You can network and connect with friends. I have found or been found by 10 friends from school. I havent seen or heard from these ppl in over 20 years so it is really great to talk again. Just to name a few of the game apps at facebook.com are pirates, scrabble, fantasy games, board games
Worth checking out.. And if you do join up to facebook.com <span>Look me up! (Rose Zinck) Maybe we can get a brainking group going there.(who knows there may already be one!!)
*Update* I did a search and no BK groups there so I created one!